| Description |
xii, 678 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series |
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 ; 93 |
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Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; 93. 1092-5228
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-665) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the decolonial moments -- Part one. Knowledge production. Decoloniality and decolonizing knowledge ; Eurocentrism and intellectual imperialism ; Epistemologies of intellectual liberation ; Decolonizing knowledge in Africa ; Decolonizing research methodologies -- Oral tradition: cultural analysis and epistemic value -- Part two. Agencies and voices. Voices of decolonization ; Voices of decoloniality ; Decoloniality: a critique ; Women's voices on decolonization ; Empowering marginal voices: LGBTQ and African studies -- Part three. The disciplines. Decolonizing the African academy ; Decolonizing knowledge through language ; Decolonizing of African literature ; Identity and the African feminist writer ; Decolonizing African aesthetics ; Decolonizing African history ; Decolonizing African religion ; Decolonizing African philosophy ; African futurism. |
| Summary |
"The field of African Studies (the perception and representation of the African past) has played a central role in the different periods of Africa's liberation struggles. Having formed the basis for the justification of centuries of Euro-American socio-economic onslaughts, it has been identified as the appropriate tool for reversing the damages wreaked on Africa during these periods. This is mainly because the structure of the Euro-American hegemony in Africa was designed to alter and dictate African knowledge production systems and its application to African reality, in a bid to keep the continent perpetually reliant on the Global North. This is why the field of African Studies is and has always been instrumental in presenting the African narrative and enhancing its prospects. Despite their importance, the African perspectives continue to be marginalized or excluded in research, creating a problem of misrepresentation of the continent. It is to this that this book has responded-the urgent need to eliminate the vestiges of colonialism in the academy and research methodologies"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Decolonization -- Africa.
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Postcolonialism -- Africa.
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Africa -- History -- Study and teaching.
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Decolonization. (OCoLC)fst00889115
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Education. (OCoLC)fst00902499
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Postcolonialism. (OCoLC)fst01073032
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781648250279 (hardback) |
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1648250270 (hardback) |
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9781800103900 (ebook other) |
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9781800103917 (epub) |
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9781648250460 (paperback) |
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1648250467 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
40031092411 |
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